Saturday, December 9, 2017

E-252: Box Turtle

Random Vegas

The Las Vegas Club was originally located on the other side of the st, in between the Northern Club and La Bayou. In 1949, it moved across the street and took over the Overland Hotel eventually expanding to the corner for Fremont and Main (multiple sources)

Twitpic of the week

It's the kind of picture that makes you stop and look closer the moment you see it; bold moments in Vegas not-so-long-ago history. MGM Grand's original entrance, on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Tropicana, was a giant golden lion meant to serve not only as the properties marquee but as a cubist representation of the studios mascot.Captured here by @LasVegas_Lovers under construction, perhaps it's with the benefit of hind sight that one can't help but look at this picture and ask "what were they thinking?""How did they not know walking under a lion would put off Asian gamblers?" Once you remember the entire project was meant to attract families to the property, the concept comes into focus.It also reminds us that once there was a world where you couldn't simply Google "Asian Gambling Superstitions" and find all the reasons why this marquee would only exist for 3 years.Regardless, fortune favors the bold and photography documents it for all to relive and learn from.